Evolution DX Release 1 2017

The Evolution DX Release 1, 2017 is now available

Please contact our support team on +44(0)1522 698 911 or log into the Raptor Support Portal to schedule the update.

Case Change
5629 Jobs in TechMate are now cleared from the technicians list when the job status is set to “Complete”
6216 Customer Waiting and Collection Time fields have now been added to the technician’s home screen in TechMate
6246 Resolved an issue where the eVHC popup would not always appear on the correct interval
6255 Upsold eVHC labour will now populate the hours estimated field on each work line
6256 eVHC Upsell notes have been added to the report and follow-ups tab
6257 When carrying out an eVHC upsell there is now an option to upsell to a new jobsheet
6258 It is now possible to change the “advisor” from the eVHC upsell screen
6259 Non-labour charges can now be added to an eVHC upsell
6158 You can now see more detailed tyre information in the eVHC upsell screen, this can be accessed using the “Tyre Details” button
6159 TechMate notes can now be configured to default to “Important”
6195 Changes have been made to the eVHC tyre upsell process to allow faster and more fluid upselling of tyres
6207 You can now see what techs are currently clocked onto from within Evolution, this is accessed in the jobsheets WIP tab by clicking “View Active Techs”
6214 It is now possible to adjust the image quality of photos taken through the TechMate and eVHC apps
6020 When invoicing, it is now only possible to select “account” payment if the customer is marked as an account customer
6027 When installing TechMate or eVHC on a new tablet device the servers are found automatically rather than having to enter them in manually
6029 It is now possible to configure what information you want to see in TechMate on the technician’s area, we have also added the time required field to the list of available fields
6031 New functionality has been added to allow the editing and removing of TechMate notes from within Evo, any action carried out on a note will be logged
6039 Fixed an issue where TechMate photos would sometimes blank out inside Evo, stopping the user from being able to view them
6041 Fixed an issue where the date column on customer statements generated from the cash book would show the customer reference instead of the date
6043 Fixed an issue where it was possible to pay a service invoice via the cashbook, then again via the service invoices screen
6051 When adding vehicle deposits, the payment type list will now get its information from the configurable payment types rather than a legacy set list
6089 Fixed an issue where the weekly Campaign 365 report would receive an “Abstract Error” and not get sent out
5885 The TechMate advisor module will now show if a vehicle has a service plan
5887 TechMate notes in jobsheets will now show the time and date the note was recorded instead of just the date
5891 Fixed an issue where the auto clock off would not clock technicians off their working day in TechMate
5907 Functionality has been added to allow users to impose a financial restriction on reconditioning work for a vehicle
5945 Functionality has been added to alter the payment date of a payment made in the cash book
5962 A new button has been added to the jobsheet and diary screens to allow users to change the order a technician carries out work in TechMate
6002 Fixed an issue where a notification would appear in the wrong section of the diary asking the user to fill in a franchise if one was not filled in on a diary booking
4713 Vehicles with a negative stock number will no longer prompt the user to complete the purchase information4855 The tyre details on eVHC printouts has been expanded to show all of the tyre information, previously it would only show comments made on the tyre checks via the eVHC module
5065 Fixed an issue where updating the MOT due date of a vehicle when invoicing a jobsheet would not update stocked vehicles MOT due date
5152 A switch has been added to allow the system to automatically calculate the duration of a booking based on the combined hours of all the labour attached to the booking
5498 The formatting inside the TechMate app has been changed to make it more clear and readable
5729 The workshop controller app will now default the diary to the current time rather than starting at 00:00
5730 Added functionality to the TechMate technician’s area to allow viewing of all days involved in a block booking
5768 Added functionality to allow technicians to change the status of a job from within the TechMate technician’s area
5882 Added functionality to configure a password for the static clock app, this needs to be entered when you first open the static clock. This is optional
5884 Added functionality for technicians to be able to see what parts are attached to the job they are working on from within the TechMate technician’s area
750 Added functionality to be able to see adjusted SIV on the car stock report, also added a new tick box for the car stock report to “include vehicles not on salespersons list”
3275 Added functionality to allow users to add specialist jobs to an eVHC upsell
4201 It is no longer possible to receipt parts at a qty with more than two decimal places
5084 Fixed an issue where the “Number of invoiced jobs” on eVHC reports did not always show the correct information
6172 Fixed an issue where the MOT due date in vehicle records and the stock book would not stay in sync
6305 Buttons have been implemented in the new tyre upsell functionality to allow access to parts, this is to quickly bring back try prices from the parts stock module
5090 Fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, raising a jobsheet from a diary booking with parts attached would cause an error popup
4159 Evosales customer records now has both personal and work email to match Evolution customer records
5628 It is now possible to configure TechMate to set the supervisor of a jobsheet to be the Technician that clocked onto the job
6345 The cash book functionality now supports multi-company configurations
6337 Fixed an issue where the system would not let you perform a contra involving multiple transactions from either side, even if the totals balanced in the endPrevious update release notes can be found HERE